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NUPENG: Petroleum Workers Call Off Strike

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The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG) has suspended its nationwide strike which began
on Monday, April 2, 2017.
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG) has suspended its nationwide strike which began
on Monday, April 2, 2017.
‘Mediating between the Nigerian Association of Road
Transport Owners, NARTO, and the Petroleum Tanker
Drivers (PTD), Baru said ”we understand the difficulty of
NARTO to go into negotiations which has to do with the
level of bridging allowance.
”I am happy to announce that the Honourable Minister
of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu,
has given his approval to increase the bridging
allowance from N6.20 to N7.20”, Baru said in the
statement.
He said the review should give NARTO the breathing space
to engage with PTD to immediately discuss and resolve as
many of the issues as possible, adding that the gesture
was expected to normalise relations between the unions.
Baru explained that NNPC intervened in the face-off
between the unions to ensure the energy security of the
nation, adding that ordinarily the dispute was only between
PTD and its employer, NARTO.
Also speaking on the suspension of the strike, the NUPENG
National President, Mr Igwe Achese, said with the
intervention of Kachikwu and Baru, NNPC ”has done so
much to ensure efficient supply and distribution of
petroleum products across the country, hence, the strike is
hereby suspended”.


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